*snerks at all the answers* You lot deserve all the reps.
Even the US was on the verge of collapse at the end of nuclear WW3. There were no winners in that war. No nation survived intact. In the end it took a combined corporation effort to reach the stars. And since everyone else has pointed out how all the space agencies and majority corporations use metric... volia. Private enterprise and the common man were what it took to spread to the stars.
As usual Governments were the last thing to reform when everyone settled down and rebuilt.
To this day, the ancient powers of nations are a near myth and Earth stands united as a single planet in the Federation. The only true dividing factor now is the various factions.
So no. The US did not survive and nether did any other nation. While the Federation is certainly based off the US government, it's not a perfect replication and there are elements of other democratic entities. I believe the concept of President and Shadow President is based on Australia.
Even the US was on the verge of collapse at the end of nuclear WW3. There were no winners in that war. No nation survived intact. In the end it took a combined corporation effort to reach the stars. And since everyone else has pointed out how all the space agencies and majority corporations use metric... volia. Private enterprise and the common man were what it took to spread to the stars.
As usual Governments were the last thing to reform when everyone settled down and rebuilt.
To this day, the ancient powers of nations are a near myth and Earth stands united as a single planet in the Federation. The only true dividing factor now is the various factions.
So no. The US did not survive and nether did any other nation. While the Federation is certainly based off the US government, it's not a perfect replication and there are elements of other democratic entities. I believe the concept of President and Shadow President is based on Australia.
